Avi Granite's Verse - Snow Umbrellas CD release late April 2012.
Featuring Ralph Alessi tpt, Avi Granite gtr, Jerry DeVore bs, Owen Howard dr. 		   
       
 
   
       
       

 

 

 

   
  ENGINE - START

CD release Friday February 25th 2011 at The Tranzac, Toronto.

The music of this exciting and new quintet presents a strong current of very human sounds of comfort, yearning, exhilaration, and anguish. "START" boasts a highly tuned sense of pacing and incredible ensemble work

Featuring: Peter Lutek (reeds), Greg de Denus (piano), Tom Richards (trombone), Dan Fortin (bass), and Ethan Ardelli (drums).
homepage: ENGINE
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  Lake Vernon Drowning - Man of Leisure Man of War

Lake Vernon Drowing's sophomore release featuring all new eclectic works. The electro rock pop experimental brainchild of Andrew James Barker (core member of Toronto based band Bruce Peninsula).
Review in Exclaim! Magazine

Featuring: Andrew Barker.
homepage: Lake Vernon Drowning
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  Red Blue Green - Transparent Thesis

Red Blue Green is a progressive acoustic jazz trio based in Toronto. With joyful abandon the band members explore and deconstruct the balance between lyricism and abstraction.

Featuring: Tom Richards (p), Andrew Pacheco (b), Jay Sussman (d).
homepage: Red Blue Green
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  Urs Blöchlinger Tribute
A Tribute to a great Swiss Composer

Featuring: Neal Davis (b), Dieter Ulrich (d), Christoph Baumann (p), Peter Lutek (reeds),
Tom Richards (trb), Kelly Jefferson (sop sx).

homepage: Urs Blöchlinger Tribute
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  Avi Granite:6 - Red Tree
Debut CD from the AG:6

The “Avi Granite:6” is a neo-jazz group out of Toronto. Red Tree features Chris Roberts (as), Jon Kay (ts), Tom Richards (tb), Avi Granite (g), Neal Davis (b) and Nick Fraser (d), released Nov.2007. Reviews.

homepage Avi Granite 6
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  Avi Granite:5
Debut album from the AG:5

Avi Granite’s modern jazz concept includes Tom Richards(tb), Neal Davis(b), Kevin Brow(d), Fraser Calhoun(as) with a guest appearance by Jon Kay(ts). Three studio tracks and two tracks live at The Rex in Toronto.

homepage: avigranite.com
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  Nautilus
Improvised Organic Breaks - "Three Cuts in London"

Electronica influenced live trio, Nautilus improvised this album in one long studio session that featured Avi Granite(g), Scott Peterson(b) and Kevin Howley(d) at the peak of their collective effort, released November 2004.

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All CDs are available for purchase on cdbaby.com
Except "ENGINE: START" which is available here
See artist discriptions above for direct links.
     

 

 

 

 

Coming soon...
     

 

 

 

 

This boutique record label continues to expand it's roster, showcasing select artists based out of Toronto, Canada and beyond. Focussing on the avant-garde and improvised music is where the Mantis began, but that is not the end of its tale.
     

 

 

 

 

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